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POLITICS 04/13/2018 01:26 pm ET The former FBI director writes that he assumed Trump would lose and that his wife and daughters voted for Clinton and participated in the Women’s March. By Ryan J. Reilly WASHINGTON ― Former FBI Director James Comey ― whom Hillary Clinton blames for her 2016 Electoral College loss ― writes in his upcoming book that he thought the former secretary of state would defeat Donald Trump and concedes that assumption might have affected the way he handled the Clinton email probe. HuffPost obtained a chapter of the book, A Higher Loyalty, which is set to be released Tuesday, that focuses on Comey’s handling of the Clinton email probe. In the book, Comey writes that he’s replayed the way he handled the Clinton email investigation in his mind “hundreds of times” and that he understands Democrats were “baffled” and “outraged” at the actions he took. Comey details the decision he … [Read more...] about Comey Memoir: Hiding Clinton Email News Would’ve Made Her Presidency ‘Illegitimate’

Former FBI Director James Comey says in his memoir it's possible polls influenced his handling of the Clinton email investigation.Comey writes that polls showing Clinton in the lead may have caused him to fear making her an "illegitimate president" by concealing the FBI's restarted investigation.Comey has previously defended his disclosure of the investigation and said he'd make the same decision again.A Higher Loyalty," that it's possible his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails was swayed by polls that showed she was likely to win the 2016 presidential election."It is entirely possible that, because I was making decisions in an environment where Hillary Clinton was sure to be the next president, my concern about making her an illegitimate president by concealing the restarted investigation bore greater weight than it would have if the election appeared closer or if Donald Trump were ahead in all polls," Comey wrote, according to The New York Times."But I don't … [Read more...] about Comey says it’s ‘possible’ that polls may have influenced his handling of the Clinton email probe

Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch says fired FBI Director James Comey didn't raise any concerns when she directed him in 2015 to label the bureau's probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server a "matter" as opposed to an "investigation." But, nearly two years later, Comey gave a different recollection of events during testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, telling lawmakers that Lynch's directive "confused and concerned" him. Lynch drew attention to Comey's apparent conflicting remarks during an NBC News interview set to air in full Monday night. "It was a meeting like any other that we had had where we talked about the issues. We had a full and open discussion about it and concerns were not raised," Lynch said. Comey, FBI cleared of misleading Congress in San Bernardino probe Lynch said the sit-down took place in the early fall of 2015. "This was a very sensitive investigation," Lynch, who was appointed by President … [Read more...] about Ex-AG Loretta Lynch alleges James Comey gave conflicting testimony about Hillary Clinton email probe

A Donald Trump foreign policy adviser pushed government agencies to review materials from the dark web in the summer of 2016 that he thought were Hillary Clinton's deleted emails, multiple sources with direct knowledge tell CNN.Joseph Schmitz approached the FBI and other government agencies about material a client of his had discovered that Schmitz believed might have been Clinton's missing 30,000 emails from her private e-mail server, sources say. The material was never verified, and sources say they ultimately believed it was fake.His push is the latest example of Trump advisers who were mixed up in efforts to find dirt on Clinton during the presidential campaign. Schmitz was one of the first people Trump named to his campaign's national security and foreign policy team. The team, showcased in a March 2016 photo, was thrown together early in Trump's successful run as he faced mounting pressure to prove his ability to pull in high-level advisers who could help prepare him for the … [Read more...] about Trump adviser played key role in pursuit of possible Clinton emails from dark web before election

A probe by the Justice Department’s inspector general is reportedly focused on an apparent three-week delay by deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe in investigating Hillary Clinton emails before the election.Inspector general Michael Horowitz has been asking witnesses about the delay in examining the emails found on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, the husband of a Clinton aide, the Washington Post reports in a story based on anonymous sources.McCabe stepped down from his post on Monday, though he will remain an FBI employee until he retires and receives his full pension in March. FBI director Christopher Wray had reportedly raised concerns about the report before McCabe resigned.The inspector general is apparently trying to determine which officials at the Justice Department and the FBI knew about the laptop emails and when they knew about it.Then-FBI director James Comey told Congress two days before the election that a review of the laptop emails turned up nothing that would warrant … [Read more...] about Probe is reportedly focused on deputy FBI director’s apparent delay in acting on Clinton emails